disport
verb (used with object)
to divert or amuse (oneself ).
have disported
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present perfectof disport.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They were given to understand the situation, and joined the parties that waited for the reappearance of the youth, who seemed to have disported himself like a very demon since coming into that vicinity.
From Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Mr. Henry appeared for the defendant, and is said to have disported himself in this cause to the infinite enjoyment of his hearers, the unfortunate Hook always excepted.
From Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader by Louise Manly
The dinners and suppers, however, were, at any rate, no figures of speech, but very liberal entertainments, at which Sterne appears to have disported himself with all his usual unclerical abandon.
From Sterne by H. D. (Henry Duff) Traill
